Prurigo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prurigo \Pru*ri"go\, n. [L., an itching, the itch, fr. prurire
     to itch.] (Med.)
     A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is
     the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the
     healthy cuticle in color.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prurigo
       n : chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by
           blister capped papules and intense itching